Jellyfish back off at Japan nuclear power plant

Jellyfish back off at Japan nuclear power plant

Jellyfish back off at Japan nuclear power plant

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:56 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Jellyfish sounded the retreat on Friday after blocking an all-important seawater cooling pipe at a western Japanese nuclear power plant, the plant operator said.

Japan to pick environment min as reconstruction minister - NHK

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:56 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will likely appoint Ryu Matsumoto, the environment and disaster minister, to the new post of reconstruction minister, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.

Rubbing salt into the wound

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:45 AM PDT

If we have a more empathetic society, it is believed that lesser tragedies will take place and there will be fewer people with broken hearts.

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No interviews, Twitter, travel for Ai Weiwei, says source

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:42 PM PDT

BEIJING, June 24 — No talking, no tweeting and no travel for a year — these are some of the conditions of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei's release from more than two months in detention, a source close to the family told Reuters today. Ai is not allowed to post anything on Twitter or accept interviews for a year, underscoring Beijing's efforts ...

No interviews, Twitter, travel for Chinese artist Ai:source

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:24 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - No talking, no tweeting and no travel for a year -- these are some of the conditions of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei's release from more than two months in detention, a source close to the family told Reuters on Friday.

RHB may revisit speculation of merger with AMMB

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:40 PM PDT

RHB Capital Bhd may revist earlier market speculation of a potential merger with AMMB Holdings Bhd given that this is a better fit and a marriage of equals.

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VIDEO: Syria warned over border tactics

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:16 PM PDT

The US has condemned Syria for reportedly moving soldiers and tanks closer to the Turkish border, raising concerns about further conflict and the plight of refugees in the area.


VIDEO: Greece told 'no plan B' over debt

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:26 PM PDT

EU leaders have said they are committed to helping Greece tackle its debt crisis, but that Athens must continue to meet its obligations regarding spending cuts.


Danger heats up for Australia's platypus

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:09 PM PDT

Global warming could shrink the habitat of Australia's duck-billed platypus by a third, researchers warned Friday, with hotter, drier temperatures threatening its survival.

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Japan quake caused $210 bln in property damage

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:06 PM PDT

Japan's March 11 quake and tsunami disaster destroyed buildings and infrastructure worth about $210 billion, excluding costs caused by the Fukushima nuclear accident, the government said Friday.

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50,000 flee storm in Philippines

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Some 50,000 people were in evacuation centres in the Philippines on Friday after fleeing their homes following days of torrential rains caused by Tropical Storm Meari, officials said.

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Major quakes strike in Pacific off Alaska

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:21 PM PDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude struck in the Pacific Ocean more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) west of Anchorage on Thursday, prompting a brief tsunami warning for part of the remote Aleutian Islands chain.

Bad weather kills 6 in Vietnam, 11 missing in Philippines

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:50 PM PDT

HANOI (Reuters) - Four men died in flash floods while fishing and two people were crushed to death in northern Vietnam as a weakening storm approached from the Gulf of Tonkin, state media said on Friday, while 11 fishermen were missing after storms in the Philippines.

VIDEO: Chile volcano still spewing ash

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:17 PM PDT

Pictures taken by a Chilean air force plane show smoke and ash are still spewing from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in the south of the country.


Huge 7.4 earthquake rocks Alaskan islands: USGS

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:02 PM PDT

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake shook Alaska's Aleutian Islands late Thursday, and US officials issued a localized tsunami warning near the remote island chain.

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Monaco's sporting prince meets his match

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:58 PM PDT

Like his future bride Charlene Wittstock, Prince Albert III of Monaco is a confirmed sports enthusiast, and like her he has represented his country in the Olympic Games.

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Reports: China warns N. Korea against new attacks

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:49 PM PDT

China has warned its ally North Korea against making any further attacks on South Korea following two deadly border incidents last year, the South's President Lee Myung-Bak was quoted Friday as saying.

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Concerns for New Zealand's wayward penguin

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:48 PM PDT

An Emperor penguin that washed up lost on a New Zealand beach this week was taken to Wellington Zoo Friday after its health deteriorated, wildlife experts said.

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Unfasten your seatbelts aboard the ZERO-G

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:32 PM PDT

What child has not dreamed of breaking free from gravity's chains and floating, weightless, above Earth's surface?

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Resident doctors still work too long - report

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First-year residents may soon get a reprieve from gruelling hospital shifts that last more than 24 hours, but that is not enough to prevent an alarming number of medical errors, according to a report released on Friday.

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